The Uttar Pradesh government has sanctioned Rs 10 crore towards rehabilitation work in Kerala's Wayanad which was hit by massive landslides on July 30.
The sinking areas of Shimla city are a growing concern among scientists and geological experts, who have observed an increasing number of landslides and ground subsidence in the region. According to experts, controlling and channelling surface water is crucial to prevent further saturation o
Following heavy and unprecedented rainfall in Tripura for the past two days, which has created a severe flood and displaced as many as 30,000 people in the affected areas, the state government has set up 321 relief camps to tackle this situation in the state.
The Kerala State Cabinet has decided to distribute free Onam kits to all ration cardholders in areas in Wayanad that were affected by the recent landslides, said the Chief Minister's office.
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) Kerala has launched the first phase of a comprehensive Rs 10 crore rehabilitation project aimed at the victims of the catastrophic Wayanad landslides.
The problem of landslides sometimes goes unnoticed or individual landslides are being dealt with ad-hoc response mechanisms and the problem keeps on recurring every year.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan acknowledged the impact of the recent landslides that hit Wayanad and criticised the lack of a precise disaster warning system in the country while addressing the state on the occasion of 78th Independence Day celebrations in Thiruvananthapuram.
The cabinet sub-committee said that financial assistance of Rs 10,000 each has been made available to 379 families directly affected by the Mundakai-Churalmala disaster.
The landslides that killed hundreds of people in Kerala's Wayanad were triggered by a burst of rainfall that was made about 10 per cent heavier by human-caused climate change, a study has found.
The search operation carried out by the Army, Special Operations Group, Fire and Rescue Services, and the Forest Department including several volunteers recovered 349 body parts that belonged to 248 people, including 121 men and 127 women.